The land of the pharaohs is famous for its huge pyramids, its bandaged mummies and its golden treasures. But how much do you really know about ancient Egypt?

Here, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley shares 10 lesser-known facts:

1.They did not ride camels;

2. Not everyone was mummified;

3. The living shared food with the dead;

4. Egyptian women had equal rights with men;

5. Scribes rarely wrote in hieroglyphs;

6. The king of Egypt could be a woman;

7. Few Egyptian men married their sisters;

8. Not all pharaohs built pyramids;

9. The Great Pyramid was not built by slaves;

10. Cleopatra may not have been beautiful.

Source: Joyce Tyldesley - History Extra